Episode 479: Anthropic's $100M Education Play, OpenAI's Safety Crisis, and the Agent API Pricing Shock

Brian recaps a pivotal week in AI and tech: Anthropic invests $100M to train 10,000 engineers while exploring AI consciousness with religious scholars; OpenAI safety lead David Robinson resigns, calling the company culture "broken"; Wall Street banks flood the market with 49% more AI job openings; SaaS giants like Salesforce and HubSpot introduce surprise charges for agent API access; the September jobs report shows minimal hiring as the Fed holds rates steady; the G7 releases emergency fuel to combat record diesel prices; and Meta's Gen Z executive Alexandr Wang races to keep momentum on Muse agents ahead of OpenAI's competing Dots platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.